The issues of preparation for EXPO-2017 in Astana, including the process of elaboration of the Registration Dossier were discussed at the meeting.
The President emphasized the importance of regular visits by the Secretary General to Kazakhstan and thanked him for the constant support.
“We have analyzed the best experience in organizing the EXPO in many countries of the world. In this regard, it is particularly important for us what our country will receive from the venue and what will happen after the venue. Many of our citizens worry about this question. We should do everything to ensure that the infrastructure constructed for the venue should be used after the event and should benefit our capital and the whole country,” the President highlighted.
Nursultan Nazarbayev also stressed that our country proposed a concept on transition to a green economy which is tuned in to the theme of EXPO-2017 “Future Energy”.
“The realization of this objective will be accompanied by major changes in a number of industries, will form a new industry and create new good jobs. All this will have a significant impact on further development of our country,” the President added.
In his turn, Vicente Gonzales Loscertales emphasized the efficiency of work carried out in Kazakhstan for the preparation for EXPO 2017.
“We work in accordance with a definite plan to timely prepare and hold the exhibition. We observe effective coordination work. The State Commission for EXPO-2017 has successfully fulfilled the task to launch a special company which in a short period of time has shown effective work. The most important thing is that all necessary documents, including the Registration Dossier, have been almost elaborated. This year the dossier will be presented, then we will hold our internal procedures, and next year the registration will be completely done,” the Secretary General of the International Exhibitions Bureau highlighted.
The sides also emphasized the importance of promotion of the exhibition, both on domestic and international levels.
During his visit, Vicente Gonzales Loscertales was presented the preliminary working versions of the individual chapters of the Registration Dossier, in particular, a plan of post-Expo use, communication plan, as well as a plan of the content of the exhibition, revealing the theme “Future Energy”.